[DeTomaso] NPC: Maserati Kyalami - Rebadged/Repowered Longchamp?

[MARK CHARLTON]

Not sure if this attachment will get though, but it includes a letter from DeTomaso stating they produced only 10 manual transmission Longchamps.

Here are several that were converted post-production, but this letter contradicts the common assumption that there were 17 built with 5-speeds.

Mark Charlton
pantera01826 at rogers.com

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> On Jan 11, 2021, at 12:40 PM, Mike Drew via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
> 
> Jeff,
> 
> The five-speed isn?t a transaxle like ours. It?s a conventional 5-speed gearbox, that happens to be made by ZF. It?s shared with Aston Martin, and is a bit weaker than a US gearbox, and fantastically expensive to rebuild. I know at least one manual Longchamp owner who replaced his with a Ford T-5. 
> 
> Only a handful of Longchamps were built with a manual. 12, 16, something like that?
> 
> Mike
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>> On Jan 11, 2021, at 08:39, Jeff Detrich <jjdetrich at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> ?   Still good looking. Has zf 5 speed but I'd rather have a Cleveland.A
>> 
>>  Jeff
>> 
>>  6559
>> 
>>  On Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 9:22 AM Mike & Elizabeth
>>  <[1]mbefthomas2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>    A  A OK, maybe I'm just late to the party here but I didn't realize
>>    that
>>    A  A Maserati released their own version of the Longchamp in the
>>    Kyalami.
>>    A  A Take a look at this BaT auction, there is no mistaking the
>>    Longchamp
>>    A  A lines.A  It does have the quad-cam Maser motor rather than the
>>    A  A Cleveland.
>>    A  A [1][2]https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1977-maserati-kyalami/
>>    A  A Mike Thomas
>>    References
>>    A  A 1. [3]https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1977-maserati-kyalami/
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